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UFC Fight Night 30, featuring Mark Munoz and Lyoto Machida as the main event, took place October 26 in Manchester, England. It appears that all 24 fighters on the card have received at least a seven-day suspension. 12 fighters received 30 day suspensions with 21 days no contact. There are three fighters who received longer...

Chael Sonnen has captured the attention and respect of fight fans around the world – if not for his fighting, then certainly for his ability to talk. While in Manchester, England to coach Luke Barnatt to a Fight of the Night victory over Andrew Craig, Sonnen spoke to fans and answered their questions. By...

Before today’s broadcast kicks off, the ‘UFC Fight Night 30: Machida vs. Munoz’ event goes live with a stellar, six-fight preliminary card event. BJPENN.COM is up early to provide fans with live results in real-time right here in this very thread. Tune in here for all the blow-by-blow and round-by-round action you can handle! Results:...

Today’s UFC Fight Night 30: Munoz vs. Machida weigh-ins went off with just one minor hick-up. Flyweight, John Lineker missed weight. Outside of this one misstep, all other fighters made their contracted weight limit, including event headliners, Mark Munoz and Lyoto Machida. Today’s event took place from Manchester Central in England. The full weigh-in results...

This morning, UFC officials announced that a middleweight bout between Chris Leben (22-10 MMA, 12-9 UFC) and Uriah Hall (7-4 MMA, 0-2 UFC) has been added to December’s UFC 168 in Las Vegas. “The Crippler” finds himself in desperate need of a win, as he has lost 3 consecutive bouts and four of his last five overall....

UFC Fight Night 30 announced a match-up between two featherweights on Monday. Cole Miller (19-8) and Andy Ogle (9-2) will touch gloves at the October event. UFC Fight Night 30 will be held Oct. 26 at the Phones 4U Arena in Manchester, England. The majority of the fights will be televised on FOX Sports...

Two middleweight bouts have been added to the UFC Fight Night 30 card on October 26. Luke Barnatt will face Andrew Craig (pictured) and Michael Kuiper will take on Brad Scott. By Christopher Murphy @MurphMMA The UFC has added two middleweight bouts to the UFC Fight Night 30 card. Luke Barnatt will take on...

By JAKE CHASTAIN | News has surfaced following UFC 162 that the Nevada State Athletic Commission granted UFC middleweight Chris Leben permission to use the prescription opioid medication Suboxone. Leben (22-10 MMA, 12-9 UFC) lost his fight on the card in a split decision to Andrew Craig (9-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) at this past Saturday’s event. With his exemption granted by...

Even in defeat, the former pound-for-pound king took home the lions share of the disclosed fighter pay last weekend at UFC 162. So much so that, he out-earned his opponent by $552,000.00. The Nevada State athletic commission released the disclosed fighter pay this morning for last Saturday’s event that took place at the MGM Grand...

By Jake Chastain A stacked evening of fights is upon us and outside of tonight’s main card, not much can rival the UFC 162 preliminary card action. Set to air on both Facebook and FX, the UFC 162 prelims features six highly anticipated match ups and is rounded out with a featured bout with Chris...

Every fighter slated to compete Saturday night at UFC 162: Silva vs Weidman have made their respective fight weight, and are ready to end Fight Week Las Vegas with a bang! Of course, the main event of the evening will feature the much anticipated title fight with UFC middleweight champ and pound-for-pound kingpin Anderson ‘The Spider’...

By JAKE CHASTAIN | For those of you looking to make a little money over the fourth of July weekend, look no further for help. BJPenn.com has the betting odds for this weekend’s UFC 162 fight card and these numbers may help you decide which way to bet on each fight. Las Vegas has been...

“I’m here in San Diego, training at Alliance and I didn’t realize what I’m missing. It has been so many years since I was a member of a hardcore training team like this. In Hawaii, I was a little bit of a lone wolf. “No ‘yes men’ here. If I wasn’t doing that great, maybe...

“Yes, absolutely I would take a catchweight fight with Koscheck. It would stop everybody that has been saying to me every day since the show came out, “When are you going to get a rematch with Koscheck? I hate him! I wish you would beat his ass!” That alone would make it worth it. …...

Ricardo Lamas announced via his Twitter this evening that he will be facing Chan Sung Jung at UFC 162 on July 6th. The fight may have title implications but little is known about the fight besides its existence. Lamas is coming off of a TKO win over Erik Koch back in January. As for...

Tonight the UFC returned to Brazil in a big way with the UFC on FX 7 event headlined by a middleweight clash between Vitor Belfort and Michael Bisping. The main card featured four-competitive bouts that saw all but one reach an end by way of decision. In the main event, Vitor Belfort came out slow...

Today’s official UFC on FX 7 Weigh-in ceremony took place from the Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo, Brazil. All but one fighter made the contracted weight for tomorrow night’s event on FX television. Check out the full results below: MAIN CARD: (FX) Vitor Belfort (185) vs. Michael Bisping (186) C.B. Dollaway (186) vs. Daniel Sarafian...

Sean “Black Magik” Spencer has been tabbed to replace Magnus Cedenblad at UFC on FOX 6 on Jan. 26 in Chicago. Spencer’s first UFC bout will be a middleweight battle against Rafael Natal (14-4-1, 2-2-1 UFC). Spencer holds a 9-1 career professional record with two wins by submission and two wins by KO/TKO. He has...

Word broke earlier this evening that Edson Barboza (10-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) will have a new opponent on January 19th. Justin Salas (10-4 MMA, 1-1 UFC), who was Barboza’s original opponent, has suffered an injury during training and will now be sidelined for the UFC on FX 7: Belfort vs. Bisping event at the end...

A middleweight match-up between Magnus Cedenblad (10-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC) and Rafael Natal (14-4-1 MMA, 2-2-1 UFC) has been added to the UFC on FOX 6 card set for January 26th in Chicago, Illinois. Cedenblad was riding a seven-fight win streak when he made his UFC debut this past April at UFC on FUEL TV 2’s event in his...

This morning the UFC officially announced a bout that has been rumored for some time, a middleweight match-up with Michael Bisping and Vitor Belfort as the participants. The two men will occupy the main event slot of the January 19 card scheduled to take place in Brazil. We do know that the event will...

The Hot Seat is back after being forced to the sidelines because of the cancelation of UFC 151. This time we will focus on UFC 152 and which fighters are dangerously close to losing their job should they come up short on Saturday night. Toronto is certainly in for some great fights and will...

Injuries were abundant after the UFC on Fuel 4 card. The card took place on July 11th, at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. Mark Munoz was the biggest name on the injury list as he was beaten down for almost two rounds by Chris Weidman. He will be out for six months for...

UFC on Fuel 4 gave us a spectacular card with skillful finishes. In the main event, Chris Weidman proved that he is a threat at 185 by dominating Mark Munoz and finishing him in the second with a perfect elbow followed by brutal ground0-and-pound. Aaron Simpson and Chris Weidman topped out the list at $46,000...

The UFC has been plagued with injuries this year. High-profile fight after high-profile fight has been cancelled and/or postponed due to injury on almost every single fight card this year. UFC president Dana White believes that fighters are training too hard in the gym and need to lighten up, while fighters and insiders blame the...

UFC on FX 2 is slated to go down this Friday from Sydney, Australia’s AllPhones Arena and in the main event we will see a welterweight showdown between Martin Kampmann and Thiago Alves. Also on the card will be the first round of the UFC’s Flyweight tournament. The preliminary Card on Facebook.com kicks off at...

Today the UFC is held their UFC on FX 2: Kampmann vs. Alves official weigh-ins ceremony live from the Sydney Allphones Arena. UFC on FX 2 is slated to go down this Friday from Sydney, Australia’s AllPhones Arena and in the main event we will see a welterweight showdown between Martin Kampmann and Thiago Alves....

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